Gajina Guta Excavation

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

20th August [1800]. -- In the morning I went to Chica Nayakana Hully; and by the way visited a hill called Gajina Guta, which produces much Cavi cullu, or reddle. This hill is reckoned 1 1/2 coss from Chica Nayakana Hully [note 1]. The part of it which I examined consists of Caricul, or brown hæmatites [note 2] (BUCHAN, F 1807, 2: 46). In one of the excavations that have been made by digging out the hæmatites, and which forms a cave, I found the nests of a flock of wild pigeons, exactly resembling those of the caves of Europe. This bird therefore, is perhaps one of the most universally diffused kinds in the old world, at least of such as are in a wild state. The common sparrow is equally universal (BUCHAN, F 1807, 2: 47). CAVE LIFE: Pigeon, a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having gray and white plumage. Zoologically: Columbidae, numerous genera and species.20th August [1800]. -- In the morning I went to Chica Nayakana Hully; and by the way visited a hill called Gajina Guta, which produces much Cavi cullu, or reddle. This hill is reckoned 1 1/2 coss from Chica Nayakana Hully [note 1]. The part of it which I examined consists of Caricul, or brown hæmatites [note 2] (BUCHAN, F 1807, 2: 46). In one of the excavations that have been made by digging out the hæmatites, and which forms a cave, I found the nests of a flock of wild pigeons, exactly resembling those of the caves of Europe. This bird therefore, is perhaps one of the most universally diffused kinds in the old world, at least of such as are in a wild state. The common sparrow is equally universal (BUCHAN, F 1807, 2: 47). CAVE LIFE: Pigeon, a stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having gray and white plumage. Zoologically: Columbidae, numerous genera and species.